Assessment of Sustainable Waste Management: A Case Study in Lithuania
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Methodology
4. Results
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
References
- Wong, M.H. Integrated sustainable waste management in densely populated cities: The case of Hong Kong. Sustain. Horizons 2022, 2, 100014. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Okedu, K.E.; Barghash, H.F.; Al Nadabi, H.A. Sustainable Waste Management Strategies for Effective Energy Utilization in Oman: A Review. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 2022, 10, 825728. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Ribeiro, A.; Liu, F.; Srebrzynski, M.; Rother, S.; Adamowicz, K.; Wadowska, M.; Steiger, S.; Anders, H.-J.; Schmaderer, C.; Koziel, J.; et al. Uremic Toxin Indoxyl Sulfate Promotes Macrophage-Associated Low-Grade Inflammation and Epithelial Cell Senescence. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 8031. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Byčenkaitė, G.; Burinskienė, A. Technologijų Taikymo Tvariam Išteklių Naudojimui Analizė. In Proceedings of the 26-Osios Lietuvos Jaunųjų Mokslininkų Konferencijos “Mokslas—Lietuvos Ateitis“ Teminė Konferencija Proceedings of the 26th Conference for Junior Researchers “Science—Future of Lithuania”, Vilnius, Lithuania, 17 October 2023.; Available online: https://vilniustech.lt/files/5169/258/12/4_0/vvf_2023—036.pdf (accessed on 15 March 2024).
- Chisholm, J.M.; Zamani, R.; Negm, A.M.; Said, N.; Abdel daiem, M.M.; Dibaj, M.; Akrami, M. Sustainable waste management of medical waste in African developing countries: A narrative review. Waste Manag. Res. J. Sustain. Circ. Econ. 2021, 39, 1149–1163. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Batista, M.; Goyannes Gusmão Caiado, R.; Gonçalves Quelhas, O.L.; Brito Alves Lima, G.; Leal Filho, W.; Rocha Yparraguirre, I.T. A framework for sustainable and integrated municipal solid waste management: Barriers and critical factors to developing countries. J. Clean. Prod. 2021, 312, 127516. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Jakubelskas, U.; Skvarciany, V. Circular economy practices as a tool for sustainable development in the context of renewable energy: What are the opportunities for the EU? Oeconomia Copernic. 2023, 14, 833–859. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Esmaeilian, B.; Wang, B.; Lewis, K.; Duarte, F.; Ratti, C.; Behdad, S. The future of waste management in smart and sustainable cities: A review and concept paper. Waste Manag. 2018, 81, 177–195. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Altowayti, W.A.H.; Shahir, S.; Eisa, T.A.E.; Nasser, M.; Babar, M.I.; Alshalif, A.F.; AL-Towayti, F.A.H. Smart Modelling of a Sustainable Biological Wastewater Treatment Technologies: A Critical Review. Sustainability 2022, 14, 15353. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Kostetska, K.; Khumarova, N.; Umanska, Y.; Shmygol, N.; Koval, V. Institutional Qualities of Inclusive Environmental Management in Sustainable Economic Development. Manag. Syst. Prod. Eng. 2020, 28, 15–22. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Cottes, M.; Mainardis, M.; Simeoni, P. Assessing the Techno-Economic Feasibility of Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment Treatment Plant: A Multi-Decisional Modeling Approach. Sustainability 2023, 15, 16248. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Mukwevho, P.; Radzuma, P.; Roos, C. Exploring Barriers to the Effective Implementation of Integrated Waste Management Plans in Developing Economies: Lessons Learned from South African Municipalities. Sustainability 2024, 16, 9643. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Evode, N.; Qamar, S.A.; Bilal, M.; Barceló, D.; Iqbal, H.M.N. Plastic waste and its management strategies for environmental sustainability. Case Stud. Chem. Environ. Eng. 2021, 4, 100142. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Edodi, S. Managing the environment: Issues and priority actions for sustainable waste management in Uganda. African Geogr. Rev. 2023, 42, 342–356. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Ankit; Saha, L.; Kumar, V.; Tiwari, J.; Sweta; Rawat, S.; Singh, J.; Bauddh, K. Electronic waste and their leachates impact on human health and environment: Global ecological threat and management. Environ. Technol. Innov. 2021, 24, 102049. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Mangoro, N.; Kubanza, N.S. Community perceptions on the impacts of Solid Waste Management on Human Health and the Environment in Sub-Saharan African Cities: A study of Diepsloot, Johannesburg, South Africa. Dev. South. Afr. 2023, 40, 1214–1233. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Lietuvos Respublikos Aplinkos Ministerija, Lietuvos Savivaldybių Aplinkosaugos Reitingas. Available online: https://am.lrv.lt/lt/lietuvos-savivaldybiu-aplinkosaugos-reitingas-puslapis/lietuvos-savivaldybiu-aplinkosaugos-reitingas-2024 (accessed on 15 March 2024).
- Nabavi-Pelesaraei, A.; Kaab, A.; Hosseini-Fashami, F.; Mostashari-Rad, F.; Chau, K.-W. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Approach to Evaluate Different Waste Management Opportunities. In Advances in Waste-to-Energy Technologies; CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2019; pp. 195–216. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Ribić, B.; Voća, N.; Ilakovac, B. Concept of sustainable waste management in the city of Zagreb: Towards the implementation of circular economy approach. J. Air Waste Manag. Assoc. 2017, 67, 241–259. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Wiah, E.N.; Addor, J.A.; Alao, F.I. Transitional probabilities for plastic waste management and implication on sustainability. Sustain. Environ. 2022, 8, 2118654. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Wilson, D.C.; Velis, C.A.; Rodic, L. Integrated sustainable waste management in developing countries. Proc. Inst. Civ. Eng. Waste Resour. Manag. 2013, 166, 52–68. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Memon, M.A. Integrated solid waste management based on the 3R approach. J. Mater. Cycles Waste Manag. 2010, 12, 30–40. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Cucchiella, F.; D’Adamo, I.; Gastaldi, M. Sustainable waste management: Waste to energy plant as an alternative to landfill. Energy Convers. Manag. 2017, 131, 18–31. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Pongrácz, E.; Phillips, P.S.; Keiski, R.L. Evolving the Theory of Waste Management: Defining Key Concepts; WIT Press: Southampton, UK, 2004; Available online: https://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-ecology-and-the-environment/78/14399 (accessed on 20 March 2024).
- Podgaiskytė, V. Evaluation of Sustainable Waste Management: Criteria Determination/Darnus Atliekų Tvarkymo Sistemos Vertinimas: Kriterijų Nustatymas. Moksl. Liet. Ateitis 2011, 3, 63–69. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- OECD Annual Report 2000; OECD Annual Report; OECD: Paris, France, 2000; ISBN 9789264176843. [CrossRef]
- Shinkuma, T.; Hương, N.T.M. The flow of E-waste material in the Asian region and a reconsideration of international trade policies on E-waste. Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 2009, 29, 25–31. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Awasthi, A.K.; Cheela, V.R.S.; D’Adamo, I.; Iacovidou, E.; Islam, M.R.; Johnson, M.; Miller, T.R.; Parajuly, K.; Parchomenko, A.; Radhakrishan, L.; et al. Zero waste approach towards a sustainable waste management. Resour. Environ. Sustain. 2021, 3, 100014. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Rouhi, K.; Shafiepour Motlagh, M.; Dalir, F. Developing a carbon footprint model and environmental impact analysis of municipal solid waste transportation: A case study of Tehran, Iran. J. Air Waste Manag. Assoc. 2023, 73, 890–901. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Boakye, P.; Nuagah, M.B.; Oduro-Kwarteng, S.; Appiah-Effah, E.; Kanjua, J.; Antwi, A.B.; Darkwah, L.; Sarkodie, K.; Sokama-Neuyam, Y.A. Pyrolysis of municipal food waste: A sustainable potential approach for solid food waste management and organic crop fertilizer production. Sustain. Environ. 2023, 9, 2260057. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Abubakar, I.R.; Maniruzzaman, K.M.; Dano, U.L.; AlShihri, F.S.; AlShammari, M.S.; Ahmed, S.M.S.; Al-Gehlani, W.A.G.; Alrawaf, T.I. Environmental Sustainability Impacts of Solid Waste Management Practices in the Global South. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public. Health 2022, 19, 12717. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Guerrero, L.A.; Maas, G.; Hogland, W. Solid waste management challenges for cities in developing countries. Waste Manag. 2013, 33, 220–232. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Solid Waste Management. Available online: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/urbandevelopment/brief/solid-waste-management (accessed on 10 April 2024).
- Un-Habitat. Solid Waste Management in the World’s Cities: Water and Sanitation in the World’s Cities 2010; Un-Habitat: Nairobi, Kenya, 2010. [Google Scholar]
- Liem, Y.F.; Farahdiba, A.U.; Warmadewanthi, I.; Hermana, J. Municipal Solid Waste Management in the Top 25 Most Populated Countries: A Review on the Application of LCA to Select Appropriate System in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Futur. Cities Environ. 2023, 9, 9. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Balwada, J.; Samaiya, S.; Mishra, R.P. Packaging Plastic Waste Management for a Circular Economy and Identifying a better Waste Collection System using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). Procedia CIRP 2021, 98, 270–275. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Pires, A.; Chang, N.-B.; Martinho, G. An AHP-based fuzzy interval TOPSIS assessment for sustainable expansion of the solid waste management system in Setúbal Peninsula, Portugal. Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2011, 56, 7–21. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Finnveden, G.; Björklund, A.; Moberg, Å.; Ekvall, T.; Moberg, Å. Environmental and economic assessment methods for waste management decision-support: Possibilities and limitations. Waste Manag. Res. J. Sustain. Circ. Econ. 2007, 25, 263–269. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Allesch, A.; Brunner, P.H. Assessment methods for solid waste management: A literature review. Waste Manag. Res. J. Sustain. Circ. Econ. 2014, 32, 461–473. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Patton, M.Q. Enhancing the quality and credibility of qualitative analysis. Health Serv. Res. 1999, 34, 1189–1208. Available online: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10591279%0Ahttp://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=PMC1089059 (accessed on 20 April 2024). [PubMed]
- Piščalkienė, V.; Juozapavičienė, R.; Smaidžiūnienė, D.; Nemčiauskienė, D.; Rastenienė, V. Šeimos Globėjų, Prižiūrinčių Negalę Turinčius Asmenis, Gyvenimo Pokyčiai ir Pagalbos Galimybės: Patirčių Analizė. Visuomenės Sveik. 2017, 27, 33–41. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Yildirim, F.S.; Sayan, M.; Sanlidag, T.; Uzun, B.; Ozsahin, D.U.; Ozsahin, I. Comparative Evaluation of the Treatment of COVID-19 with Multicriteria Decision-Making Techniques. J. Healthc. Eng. 2021, 2021, 8864522. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Simanavičienė, R.; Cibulskaitė, J. Sprendimo, Gauto Topsis Metodu, Patikimumo Statistinė Analizė. Lith. J. Stat. Liet. Stat. Darbai 2015, 54, 110–118. Available online: www.statisticsjournal.lt (accessed on 20 April 2024).
Author | The Concept of Sustainable Waste Management |
---|---|
Nabavi-Pelesaraei Kaab et al., 2019 [18] | Waste management follows an ideal hierarchy with prevention as the most acceptable method, followed by the 3Ps (reuse, recycling, and recovery), and landfill as the least acceptable option. |
Ribić et al., 2017 [19] | Substantial improvement of the current waste management system, especially taking into account the obligations set out in various directives of the European Union. |
Wiah et al., 2022 [20] | Defined as the ability of a plastic waste management system to remain closed, ensuring a continuous flow of both direct and reverse products and waste. |
Ming Hung Wong 2022 [1] | Waste management in order to protect the environment and human health, emphasizing the efficiency of resource use. |
Wilson et al., 2013 [21], Memon 2020, [22] | A process that includes the physical components of waste collection, disposal, recycling, and management, such as financial sustainability and proactive policies. |
Cucchiella et al., 2017 [23] | Environmental, economic, and social impact assessment of possible waste management options. |
E. Pongrácz 2004 [24] | Waste management is a response to the very fact of waste generation, including its accumulation, transportation, use, and disposal, including the control of these processes and assessment of the impact of disposed waste. |
Podgaiskytė 2011 [25] | It is not only the disposal of already generated waste, but also the management of limited natural resources. |
Factors | Criteria | Code |
---|---|---|
Legal environment | National management International management | M1.1 M1.2 |
Economic environment | Infrastructure Taxes Recycling | M2.1 M2.2 M2.3 |
Social environment | Consciousness Engaging communities Habits | M3.1 M3.2 M3.3 |
Environmental protection | Conservation of resources | M4.1 |
Technologies | Waste management technologies Waste collection systems | M5.1 M5.2 |
Level of Importance | Description |
---|---|
1 | Indicators are equally important |
3 | One indicator is slightly more important than the other |
5 | One indicator is more important than another |
7 | One indicator is much more important than the other |
9 | One indicator is incomparably more important than the other |
2, 4, 6, 8 | Intermediate values |
Waste Prevention Measures | Waste Reuse Measures | Waste Recycling | Landfill Optimization | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Waste prevention measures | 1 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.25 |
Waste reuse measures | 5 | 1 | 4.00 | 5.00 |
Waste recycling | 5 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.2 |
Landfill optimization | 4 | 0.20 | 5.00 | 1 |
Criteria | Weight (Rank) |
---|---|
Economical | 0.1523 (3) |
Social | 0.1632 (2) |
Environmental protection | 0.5427 (1) |
Technologies | 0.1418 (4) |
Criteria | Weight (Rank) |
---|---|
Economical | 0.1688 (3) |
Social | 0.1257 (4) |
Environmental protection | 0.5027 (1) |
Technologies | 0.2028 (2) |
Criteria | Weight (Rank) |
---|---|
Economical | 0.1997 (3) |
Social | 0.1240 (4) |
Environmental protection | 0.3512 (1) |
Technologies | 0.3251 (2) |
Criteria | Weight (Rank) |
---|---|
Economical | 0.2802 (2) |
Social | 0.2253 (3) |
Environmental protection | 0.3520 (1) |
Technologies | 0.1425 (4) |
Disclaimer/Publisher’s Note: The statements, opinions and data contained in all publications are solely those of the individual author(s) and contributor(s) and not of MDPI and/or the editor(s). MDPI and/or the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to people or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content. |
© 2024 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Share and Cite
Činčikaitė, R. Assessment of Sustainable Waste Management: A Case Study in Lithuania. Sustainability 2025, 17, 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17010120
Činčikaitė R. Assessment of Sustainable Waste Management: A Case Study in Lithuania. Sustainability. 2025; 17(1):120. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17010120
Chicago/Turabian StyleČinčikaitė, Renata. 2025. "Assessment of Sustainable Waste Management: A Case Study in Lithuania" Sustainability 17, no. 1: 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17010120
APA StyleČinčikaitė, R. (2025). Assessment of Sustainable Waste Management: A Case Study in Lithuania. Sustainability, 17(1), 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17010120